Mitochondrial enzyme activity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Implications for the role of mitochondria in neuronal cell death

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 787-790

  Borthwick, Gillian M ^a   Johnson, Margaret A ^a   Ince, Paul G ^b   Shaw, Pamela J ^a   Turnbull, Douglass M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0032745071     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199911)46:5<787::AID-ANA17>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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